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Ex-Chelsea star Pat Nevin met evil dictator Saddam Hussein on mid-season Iraq trip

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Chelsea teammates travelled to the Middle East country during the 1980s during a trip organised by eccentric former Blues chairman Ken Bates.The trip took place years before the first Gulf War when Hussein was a little known figure in the UK and Nevin revealed the players were forced to wait around for an hour before kicking off an exhibition match with the despot late taking his seat in the stand.Former Scotland international Nevin, who also enjoyed stints at Everton and Tranmere, said: "I bet you less than 0.1% of the population in Britain had heard of him.

I was quite political but hadn’t heard of him."It was a weird and wonderful trip and quite typical of Ken Bates."Next year we had a new sponsor called Gulf Air.

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